My Guitars

last updated: 2012-Jan-7

Over the years, I’ve owned quite a few guitars (just about 150, if my records & math skills are correct). While I never had much money or room for guitar gear while I was in college, after I graduated and got a real job I became an avid Ibanez collector (since guitar heroes Vai, Satriani, and Petrucci were all Ibanez endorsees at the time), focusing on signature models and other high-end models like J-Customs, Prestiges, & USA Customs.

Then early 2004 I started trading my Ibanez guitars in for PRS guitars... I had slowly been losing fascination with the floating trems and thin necks. After spending a couple weeks playing nothing but my fiancee's (now wife's) late 70's Gibson Les Paul Pro, I had re-discovered the satisfaction of pounding away on mahogany-bodied maple-topped set-neck guitars. After getting hooked up with a PRS catalog and DVD, I took the plunge on a fixed-bridge Custom 24, which led to another, and another, until I had 16 PRSi occupying the racks.

Recently I’ve diversified the collection by selling a few PRSi and adding a few G&L’s, a couple hollowbodies, a 7-string, a 12-string, and some other random axes. It's definitely cool to have the variety for recording projects, although it's safe to say that I'll keep playing PRSi for most rehearsals & gigs.















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Electric guitars: Carter Starter pedal steel Carvin DC120 12-string Casio MG-510 MIDI guitar - for sale Ernie Ball Music Man Axis Rosewood - for sale Ernie Ball Music Man Steve Morse - for sale G&L ASAT III w/ Gotoh Power Blade pickups G&L ASAT Classic G&L ASAT Special Deluxe G&L Legacy Gibson Firebird Non-Reverse Gretsch G6120-1959 Chet Atkins hollowbody Heritage H-535 semi-hollowbody w/ Seymour Duncan Jazz/Pearly Gates pickups Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-59 Line 6 James Tyler Variax JTV-69 Paul Reed Smith Chris Henderson signature model '00 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 w/ PRS Dragon I pickups ‘02 Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 semi-hollowbody w/ PRS Dragon II pickups Paul Reed Smith Custom 22 Soapbar ‘98 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 violin amber burst w/ PRS Artist pickups ‘02 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 whale blue '11 Paul Reed Smith Custom 24 charcoal burst Paul Reed Smith DGT '07 Paul Reed Smith McCarty Korina ‘01 Paul Reed Smith McCarty Rosewood '07 Paul Reed Smith Mira '06 Paul Reed Smith Singlecut Satin Trem w/ PRS RP pickups '03 Paul Reed Smith Standard 24 w/ PRS Standard T&B pickups Paul Reed Smith Starla '11 Paul Reed Smith Studio Paul Reed Smith Sunburst 245 Paul Reed Smith SE Mike Mushok baritone w/ PRS #6 pickups Peavey Power Slide Schecter USA California Custom Sunset 7-string w/ Seymour Duncan 59/JB pickups Voodoo Guitar Works custom archtop Acoustic instruments: Breedlove American C25/SMe acoustic-electric Breedlove American C25/SMe 12-string acoustic-electric (2) Breedlove American C25/SRe acoustic-electric Breedlove Bossa Nova nylon-string acoustic-electric Breedlove Performance Focus Maple acoustic-electric Breedlove Pro C25/CReH acoustic-electric Breedlove Pro D25/SReH acoustic-electric - for sale Dean Backwoods 6-string banjo Dobro Hound Dog round neck resonator Gibson Country Western model Guild DC5E-NT True American acoustic-electric - for sale Rogue FM-80E acoustic-electric mandolin - for sale Silver Creek SC3EL acoustic-electric violin Tacoma M1E acoustic-electric mandolin Takamine EF-385 12-string acoustic-electric - for sale Taylor GS-Mini acoustic guitar Basses: G&L Tribute L-2500 5-string Yamaha RBX800AF fretless Accessories: Big Bends Nut Sauce tuning lubricant D'Addario EXP bass guitar strings -- 5-string soft 45-130 Dunlop Dual-Design Straplocks -- nickel, black, gold Dunlop Formula 65 guitar polish Dunlop Blues Bottle, Harris (brass), Hoolahan, Moonshine, & chromed steel slides Dunlop Tortex Standard picks -- .88mm, 1.0mm, 1.14mm E-bow Elixir Nanoweb acoustic guitar strings -- custom light 11-52 (phosphor bronze and 80/20), 12-string light 10-47 Elixir Nanoweb electric guitar strings -- super light 9-42 for tremolos, light 10-46 for fixed bridges, medium 11-52 for hollowbodies Ernie Ball Flatwound III bass strings Ernie Ball Super Slinky electric guitar strings -- 7-string 9-52 Fender ElectroVolt instrument cables Finger-ease guitar string lubricant George L's vintage red effects cables GHS Fast-Fret string cleaner GHS acoustic slide guitar strings -- 16-56 (2) Golden Gate resonator guitar extension nut Gold Tone ABS banjo/resonator mic (2) Kyser Quick-Change capos -- 6-string, 12-string Levy's leather guitar straps (2) Planet Waves NS capos Planet Waves Jacquard woven guitar straps Roggenburg oak guitar stands -- 3-acoustic stand, (2) 9-electric stands Shubb-Pearse SP3 guitar steel Warwick RockStand folding 5-guitar stand